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Business school is a valuable investment in your future. HBS supports that investment through generous need-based scholarships. In addition to scholarships, many HBS students utilize student loans to help meet their portion of the shared investment.
If you anticipate borrowing to help finance your MBA, you are likely thinking about what repayment might look like post-graduation. HBS graduates pursue careers in a variety of industries and positions around the world. With a median starting salary of $148,750, and median signing bonus of $30,000, HBS graduates are well-positioned to pay off their student loans. Still, taking-on student debt to finance an MBA is a significant commitment, and we recognize that personal circumstances influence how each student approaches that commitment. To better understand how HBS graduates manage and repay their student debt, we interviewed several alumni about their loan repayment journeys. [...]
- 29 Oct 2020
Delving Deeper into Development with the MBA/MPA-ID Program – a Q+A with Zainab Raji (MBA/MPA-ID 2022)
I am one of four children born to my Nigerian parents. I grew up in Lagos, Nigeria’s largest commercial hub, and in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital city. I have fond memories of my childhood such as learning about Nigeria’s history on my grandpa’s walking tours of Lagos Island, celebrating Eid holidays with family, and working on craft projects with my twin sister. [...]
The HBS Summer Fellowship Program provides an opportunity for students to develop skills and knowledge while having significant responsibility and high impact. This summer, HBS is supporting a record 162 Social Enterprise Summer Fellows, with many organizations and projects focused on COVID-19 response. The Social Enterprise Initiative connected with some of the fellows to hear more about their work this summer and going forward. [...]
The Social Enterprise Initiative Panel at Harvard Business School
- 15 Aug 2019
The Social Enterprise Initiative at HBS
There are many ways to puzzle together an impactful experience at HBS – it’s “choose your own adventure” and “create your own path”. It’s students and alums asking big questions about how to have an impact – which can look very different for different people. I’ve been heartened to learn the extent to which every entrepreneur is thinking about being a leader. Each one having tremendous impact in the communities in which they work in addition to having outsized financial impact. Some of the best things about the experience I’ve had were created or co-created by students. [...]
This post is part of the Social Enterprise Initiative 25th anniversary blog series, which highlights some of the faculty, staff, students, and alumni who have been a part of SEI throughout the years. In this post, Misan Rewane (MBA 2013, NVC 2013 Winner) shares her insights on founding and leading a social enterprise. Misan is the cofounder and CEO of WAVE (West Africa Vocational Education), an organization dedicated to tackling youth unemployment in West Africa. [...]
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